Defense could pin hopes on insect life..Westerfield Trial Breaking News: BUG EVIDENCE QUESTIONS!!

Union Tribune ^ | July 10, 2002 | Kristen Green

[the Deejay]

"What if they failed to look for evidence that it could have been someone else?"


I dunno. I guess that would consitute incompetence in the D.A.'s office. Maybe Westerfield's attorney could try it.
I sure would love to see DAW sue the bloody hell out of the D.A. & the vdams. And watch it on webcast!!! LOL!!

[UCANSEE2]

And this was after police TOLD DVD NOT to go out and search for Danielle. Just in case he found her body, and he might contaminate the crime scene since he was a principal in the case.

BUT he went anyway, JUST to HAND OUT FLIERS. Hand out fliers for WHAT? To get more volunteers? I heard they had a record TURNOUT the day they found her anyway. Well, maybe he did hand out flyers. But, in hindsight, it would appear to be a CONVENIENT way to travel to the DESERT and back, taking back roads, without attracting ANY ATTENTION ! At least the kind you don't want.

[the Deejay]

Do you think they are going to televise Damon's day in court tomorrow or is that a rumor? I'll be checking with the webcast just in case.

[the-gooroo]

I have thought along those lines also fussybutt. (luv your name btw) Maybe they owed someone money and were threatened. So many are making a big deal about DW saying "we" instead of "I" went to the desert--well, CTV keeps
showing that clip of Brenda crying on the stand saying,"I wish THEY would have taken anything except her." That's one of the reasons I was thinking this way.

[the Deejay]

I know. Police & search teams always advise the family members NOT TO JOIN IN THE SEARCH. But hey! We're talking vdams here, aren't we? Nothing is "off limits" to THEM.

[RnMomof7]

My personal opinion though is Brenda and Damon will be divorced in the near future.

Sorta like locking the barn door after the horse is out .........

[UCANSEE2]

and I might add, he went with only one friend.

Gotta have a lookout when you are on a mission.

[bvw]

The media's gonna be hitting on the jury hard -- to sway them that Westerfield is a murdering pervert and the Van Dams are suffering saints.

IMHO.

[NatureGirl]

I hope you realize I was being a bit sarcastic comment to John. I do believe mummification can happen in the desert. I believe the body could have been wrapped in a sheet. The cotton content of the sheet would have allowed the moisture from the body to escape. So - mummification, rather than decomposition.

What I need to know is this: When people here refer to a van, I tend to think of the older vans, like the VW bus, or Chevy vans. Are we talking about thattype of van or a minivan? Older vans wouldn't necessarily have had carpeting in the back (cargo area), but minivans do.

[Mrs.Liberty]

I was at the client site all day with no internet connection. What happened with the bug dude, in a nutshell? Too lazy to read through the thread!

[MizSterious]

Originally, I heard Damon's "van" described as an suv--so maybe newer. Perhaps someone else will have make and model info.

[John Jamieson]

Remember when the VDs did want anyone going out to the Dehesa site? The public might have found more evidence.

Damon said something like "I don't want people to spend all there time searching the desert, some should be looking closer to San Diego."

Westerfield was setup by these vile people.

[UCANSEE2]

The VD's were discussing divorce before Danielle disappeared, but the judge wouldn't allow that to be brought up.

Damon had a blue van and he sold it or traded it in. They bought a new BMW. Brenda went on talk shows, and for a while was on TV trying to help the MOTHER of JAHI TURNER. When it turned out that it might be the stepfather that got rid of /sold the little boy, Brenda RAN like a spooked RABBIT!

Today it was on the RICK ROBERTS SHOW that Brenda wasn't in court, she was relaxing in HER BRAND NEW $850,000 HOUSE, and meantime, DAMON was down at the country petitioning the COURT to let him back into the COURTROOM.

[NatureGirl]

Whoops! That should read "in my comment to John".

[John Jamieson]

I think it was a top of the line Toyota, they don't make a stripper. Blue on the outside would certainly be blue inside with velour seats.

[gigi]

"The fact that the prosecution hired him and considered him credible enough to have on THEIR team..gives this science and this man credibility."

"The fact they discarded him when his findings did not support their case is deadly IMHO..and should be played up in closing arguments "

Had to go feed the kids and animals but I'm back. I totally agree with you. I'm really looking forward to Feldmans closing arguements to see how he ties it all together.

[crystalk]

Remember, there is medical evidence that Danielle was being molested habitually and ongoingly. That means that Damon could not run any risk of her body being examined/autopsied after a death, ...

NOR, if she were seriously injured, could he run any risk of her being hospitalized or subjected to serious medical care where the evidence of such molestation (vaginal discharge & distention, breast buds, others)...would become known.

There are too many circumstances under which he would have had to kill her, esp if she were about to tell her teachers or run away from home.

The VDs may also have been pimping her out for money, that would explain the constant sexual activity on the part of a 7-yr-old.

[pyx]

Damon Van Dam has a programming background. I'd suggest thinks of himself as being methodical. :9 He wants back into the courtroom near DW and officers with guns. I wonder if it would be appropriate to start a;

Damon Watch !

[fussybutt]

I have thought along those lines because it makes sense. They have a perverted lifestyle, the child was probably being molested at home, the sudden influx of money(before the body was discovered and ins. collected) and what seems to be a frame up of DW. If the bug man is right, (and I have no doubt he knows bugs) the child was probably alive until the 16th.

[oremus]

I didn't hear about the evidence of her being molested (I can't watch during the day). Can you explain?